---
name: "Joanna Garcia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-garcia-swisher"
fi1m_id: "joanna-garcia-swisher"
imdb_id: "nm0305272"
tmdb_id: 99206
wikidata_id: "Q238029"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 August 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:29:13.208006+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joanna Garcia

## Identity

Joanna Garcia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joanna-garcia-swisher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joanna-garcia-swisher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0305272
- **TMDB ID:** 99206
- **Wikidata ID:** Q238029
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoAnna_Garcia_Swisher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99206

Director. Born 10 August 1979 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 August 1979, Tampa, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** JoAnna Garcia Swisher, JoAnna García Swisher, JoAnna García
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoAnna_Garcia_Swisher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99206

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Sweet Magnolias*](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, as Maggie — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, as Liddane (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, as Hallie — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Sweet Magnolias* (2020), Fi1m 71, as Maddie Townsend — [page](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Villa Amore* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Happy's Place* (2024), series, as Kenzie
- *Christmas with the Campbells* (2022), as Becky
- *As Luck Would Have It* (2021), as Lindsey
- *Sweet Magnolias* (2020), series, as Maddie Townsend · Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md)
- *Kevin (Probably) Saves the World* (2017), series, as Amy
- *Fist Fight* (2017), as Maggie
- *Pitch* (2016), series, as Rachel Patrick
- *The Astronaut Wives Club* (2015), series, as Betty Grissom
- *The Internship* (2013), as Megan
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Sally Prentice
- *Animal Practice* (2012), series, as Dorothy Crane
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as Ariel — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Better With You* (2010), series, as Mia Putney
- *Revenge of the Bridesmaids* (2010), as Parker
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Dr. Nina Greene
- *A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride* (2008), as Roxanne
- *Extreme Movie* (2008), as Sweetie-Pie
- *The Penguins of Madagascar* (2008), series, as Shawna (voice)
- *Privileged* (2008), series, as Megan Smith
- *Welcome to the Captain* (2008), series, as Hope
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Bree Buckley
- *The Initiation of Sarah* (2006), as Corinne
- *A-list* (2006), Actor
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Maggie — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *What I Like About You* (2002), series, as Fiona
- *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), as Sandy Sue
- *Off Centre* (2001), series, as Ramona
- *Reba* (2001), series, as Cheyenne Hart Montgomery
- *American Pie 2* (2001), as Christy
- *Going to California* (2001), series, Actor
- *Go Fish* (2001), series, Actor
- *Freedom* (2000), series, Actor
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Susan Potter
- *Opposite Sex* (2000), series, as Cassie Schreiber
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), series, as Vicki Appleby — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as April
- *CI5: The New Professionals* (1999), series, Actor
- *Holy Joe* (1999), as Joyce Cass
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Liddane (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Providence* (1999), series, as Gillian
- *Any Day Now* (1998), series, Actor
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, as Tracy
- *Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder* (1997), as Susie
- *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as Leah Chandler
- *Second Noah* (1996), series, Actor
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Hallie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, as Iris
- *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* (1992), series, as Samantha
- *Step by Step* (1991), series, as Chelsea
- *Clarissa Explains It All* (1991), series, as Fiona
- *Superboy* (1988), series, Actor
- *A Christmas Kind of Love*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher, left, and her husband, outfielder Nick Swisher, don armored vests and helmets before boarding a helicopter at Forward Operating B (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-8ee70cf03d47.jpg) Actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher, left, and her husband, outfielder Nick Swisher, don armored vests and helmets before boarding a helicopter at Forward Operating B (2011) — U.S. Army photo by Maj. Terence Kelley/Released), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/111125-A-WC830-008.jpg/1280px-111125-A-WC830-008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joanna Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-7581a2aecf91.jpg) Joanna Garcia — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Joanna_Garcia.jpg/1280px-Joanna_Garcia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![kristin.eonline.com - Susan G. Komen Fundraiser at Mulberry, Melrose Place, Los Angeles Hosted by "Privileged" Star Joanna Garcia - Oct. 21, 2008](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-4382fa2a6b63.jpg) kristin.eonline.com - Susan G. Komen Fundraiser at Mulberry, Melrose Place, Los Angeles Hosted by "Privileged" Star Joanna Garcia - Oct. 21, 2008 — Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Joanna_Garcia_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joanna Garcia in Susan G. Komen Fundraiser at Mulberry, Melrose Place, Los Angeles Hosted by "Privileged" Star Joanna Garcia - Oct. 21, 2008](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-4f73c81106c8.jpg) Joanna Garcia in Susan G. Komen Fundraiser at Mulberry, Melrose Place, Los Angeles Hosted by "Privileged" Star Joanna Garcia - Oct. 21, 2008 — Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Joanna_Garcia_%40_Susan_G._Komen_Fundraiser.jpg/1280px-Joanna_Garcia_%40_Susan_G._Komen_Fundraiser.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joanna Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-c7f239d6679d.jpg) Joanna Garcia — Image via TMDB
- ![Joanna Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-3050c17c92d5.jpg) Joanna Garcia — Image via TMDB
- ![Joanna Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-d20e45b1b46f.jpg) Joanna Garcia — Image via TMDB
- ![Joanna Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/472143/gallery-c22d736328bd.jpg) Joanna Garcia — Image via TMDB

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